Robert Mitchum

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Robert Mitchum, Santa Barbara CA, 1988. It was early in my career when I shot Robert Mitchum. I was a fan of his movies, and I was just blown away by the opportunity to shoot one o f my heroes. I saw an opportunity when I was taking this picture, and it changed the trajectory of my career. I realized I could make a picture, rather than just take a picture. Something took place that I directed visually, compositionally, to really make this picture, and that clicked for me. From that point forward, I realized I was able to control the circumstances, and being able to control the circumstances made me in control of my art. And that came out of a simple photograph like this of one of my heroes. Show more